Homemade English Custard

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 ml milk
• 150 ml double cream
• 2 free range egg yolks
• 50 g caster sugar (i like to use vanilla sugar)

Recipe

• 1 put the milk and cream in a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
• 2 meanwhile whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until pale and creamy.
• 3 as soon as the milk and cream mixture comes to the boil, pour onto the egg mixture and beat well.
• 4 return to the pan and place over a very gentle heat (or in a basin over a pan of simmering water) and stir continuously until the custard has thickened. serve hot.
• 5 should you need to keep the custard warm, lay a piece of greaseproof paper on the surface to stop a skin forming.